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85-12-Ordinance-Amending the Sewer Service Rates-06/17/1985CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS C'Ty SECRETARY ORDINANCE NO. 85-12 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTION 4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, ENTITLED SEWER SERVICE RATES, ESTABLISHING NEW SEWER RATES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, ESTABLISHING RATES FOR MULTI -FAMILY DWELLINGS; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN, CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS: SECTION I THAT CHAPTER 10, SECTION 4 OF THE SANGER CODE OF 'ORDINANCES IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 4: SEWER SERVICE RATES The rates to be charged by the city for sanitary sewer service are hereby established as set forth in this section. A. INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS A user classification is hereby established for all users of the municipal wastewater facilities inside the city limits of Sanger, Texas, as follows: User Classification: Class A: Residential Users Class B: Commercial Users Class A users shall include all residential type users including, but not limited to, residences, apartment units, trailer court units, duplexes, or any other service primarily intended for domestic or residep.tiaJ_ type use. The city may include small office buildings-, churches, and other low volume (similar to domestic volume) users in Class A. Class B users shall include commercial as but not limited to, restaurants, users, such CITY SECRETARY q..iL COPY All Class A users of municipal facilities sha charged a minimum of $6.00 per month, plus a charge of $0.60 per 1000 gallons of metered water consumption in excess of 1000 gallons. All Class B users of municipal facilities shall be charged a minimum of $11.00 per month plus a charge of $0.60 per 1000 gallons of metered water consumption in excess of 1000 gallons. The water consumption to be used to establish sewer billings shall be the actual water consumption for each customer during the month of the previous year exhibiting the lowest city wide water use so as not to account for water used for such purposes as lawn and garden watering from which water is not returned to wastewater facilities. New connections to the system shall be billed at the average city wide sewer billing rate for each customer during the month for the respective class of use until which time a rate can be established based upon actual use. B. OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS Same as subsection A above, except that the monthly billing calculated thereunder will be multiplied by two hundred percent (200%). C. MULTI_FAMILY DWELLINGS The amount due for multi -family :dwellings shall be the residential rate multiplied by the number of occupied dwelling units. SECTION II All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. SECTION III It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,.paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance are severable and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. -2- SECTION IV Whenever in this.Ordinance an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such Ordinance, the doing of an act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation of any such provision shall be punished by a.fine of not exceeding Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars; provided, however, that no.penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the State. Each day any violation of this Ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION V This. Ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption as the law in such cases provides. PASSED AND APPROVED this day of , 1985► by the City -Co uncil of the City of Sange , Texas. ATTEST: Ci y •retary APPROVED: -3- Run 1-Tlme. June 27, 1985 PUBLIC NOTICE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTION 4, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, ENTITLED SEWER SERVICE RATES, ESTABLISHING NEW SEWER RATES INSIDE AND OUT- SIDE THE CITY LIMITS, ESTABLISHING RATES FOR MULTI -FAMILY DWELLINGS; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 17TH DAY OF JUNE, 1985. S/S MAYOR NEL ARMSTRONG